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ISBN 0-201-48535-4 1. IEEE 1394 (Standard) I. MindShare, Inc. II. Title. TK7895.B87 A52 1998 621.39’81 — dc21 98-43465 CIP ISBN: 0-201-48535-4 Copyright ©1999 by MindShare, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy- ing, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Printed in the United States of America. Published simultaneously in Canada. Sponsoring Editor: Karen Gettman Production Coordinator: Jacquelyn Young Set in 10 point Palatino by MindShare, Inc. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9-MA-0201009998 First Printing, December 1998 Contents About This Book The MindShare Architecture Series ....................................................................................... 1 Cautionary Note ......................................................................................................................... 2 Organization of This Book.......................................................................................................2 Part One: Introduction to FireWire (IEEE 1394) .............................................................. 2 Chapter 1: Why FireWire? ........................................................................................... 2 Chapter 2: Overview of the FireWire Architecture.................................................. 2 Part Two: Serial Bus Communications ............................................................................. 3 Chapter 3: Communication Model............................................................................. 3 Chapter 4: Communications Services ........................................................................ 3 Chapter 5: Cables & Connectors................................................................................. 3 Chapter 6: The Electrical Interface ............................................................................. 3 Chapter 7: Arbitration.................................................................................................. 3 Chapter 8: Asynchronous Packets.............................................................................. 3 Chapter 9: Isochronous Packets.................................................................................. 3 Chapter 10: PHY Packet Format................................................................................. 4 Chapter 11: Link to PHY Interface ............................................................................. 4 Chapter 12: Transaction Retry .................................................................................... 4 Part Three: Serial Bus Configuration ................................................................................ 4 Chapter 13: Configuration Process............................................................................. 4 Chapter 14: Bus Reset (Initialization)......................................................................... 4 Chapter 15: Tree Identification ................................................................................... 4 Chapter 16: Self Identification..................................................................................... 4 Part Four: Serial Bus Management.................................................................................... 5 Chapter 17: Cycle Master............................................................................................. 5 Chapter 18: Isochronous Resource Manager ............................................................ 5 Chapter 19: Bus Manager............................................................................................. 5 Chapter 20: Bus Management Services...................................................................... 5 Part Five: Registers and Configuration ROM .................................................................. 5 Chapter 21: CSR Architecture ..................................................................................... 5 Chapter 22: PHY Registers